(Oleaceae) Ligustrum sinense Lour.
Local name(s): ກໍ ຫັດ (koh hat)
Medicinal use(s): given as a women’s tonic following birth and also used to stimulate lactation.
Part(s) used: root
Field characters: Treelet 3 m tall, flowers white, young fruits green. Not common.
Locality: Xieng Khoang Province, Kham District, Kham Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, 15 km from Kham town.
Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen submontane forest. Edge of forest along road.
Altitude: 1130 m asl
Collector(s): D.D. Soejarto, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue
Collection number(s): DDS 14959
Collection date: May 16, 2014.
Additional data:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2313832.Project: CCF
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Local name(s): ກໍ ຫັດ (kok hat)
Medicinal use(s): given as a women’s tonic following birth and also used to stimulate lactation.
Part(s) used: root
Field characters: Large multi-stemmed shrub, leaves opposite, ovate, acute, with prominent midvein.
Locality: Xieng Khoang Province, Kham District, Xieng Khoang Medicinal Biodiversity Preserve, forest on the other side of the small valley behind the lone huse with the animal pen, off the mountain road between Muang Kham and Ban Tha.
Habitat: Roadside. Good quallity secondary tropical rainforest, on a mountain slope.
Altitude: 1137 m asl.
Collector(s): J.M. Henkin, K. Sydara, M. Xayvue, D.D. Soejarto
Collection number(s): JMH 043
Collection date: December 11, 2015
Additional data:
Voucher specimen is in deposit at the Field Museum (F) Herbarium, Chicago, USA, under accession no. 2318619.
Project: PO1
Synonyms, images, taxonomic description:
Flora of China Vol. 15 Page 303Plants of the World onlineGBIF Global Biodiversity Information FacilityMedicinal properties:
Ouyang, M.A. et al. Anti-oxidative activity of glycosides from Ligustrum sinense. Nat Prod Res. 2003; 17(6):381-387.
Wu, C.-R. et al. Triterpenoid contents and anti-inflammatory properties of the methanol extracts of Ligustrum sp. leaves. Molecules 2011; 16(1):1-15.